Who Was Alive

Were Du Fu and Harun al-Rashid alive at the same time?

Yes. Du Fu and Harun al-Rashid were alive at the same time for 3 or 4 years, from AD 766 to AD 770.

Du Fu was 53 or 54 when Harun al-Rashid was born.

Harun al-Rashid was 3 or 4 when Du Fu died, aged 57 or 58.

Du Fu

Tang dynasty Chinese poet

Born AD 712 · died AD 770, aged 57 or 58

Harun al-Rashid

5th Abbasid caliph

Born 19 February AD 766 · died 24 March AD 809, aged 43

  1. Li Bai
  2. Du Fu
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan
  4. Charlemagne
  5. Abu Nuwas
  6. Harun al-Rashid
  7. Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
Du Fu and Harun al-Rashid in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.